Please join us for the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Annual Meeting, located in Saratoga Springs, New York, starting Sunday, October 18 and ending Wednesday, October 21.

The Spa City’s storied past as one of America’s premiere resort destinations suggested this year’s theme: invigorating museums.  Combine your meeting attendance with the opportunity to tour New York’s spectacular North Country during its magnificent fall foliage season.  Return home refreshed with new ideas and ready to invigorate your museum.
http://www.midatlanticmuseums.org/annualmeeting.html

BY THE NUMBERS

25 program sessions
7 behind-the-scenes visits to area museums
6 walking tours of Saratoga Springs
4 workshops
3 pre-conference bus tours to museums and a nature center in the Adirondacks; 3 receptions; 3 keynote addresses, and 
1 business lunch

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

•2009 Weil Lecture - Monday, October 19
Lori Gross, Associate Provost for Arts and Culture at Harvard

•Opening Receptions – Sunday, October 18
Tang Museum of Art at Skidmore
Saratoga Automobile Museum

•2009 Katherine Coffey Award – Tuesday, October 20
Winner to be announced in September 2009
Presentation and Award Ceremony at the National Museum of Racing

DATES & LOCATION
The conference begins Sunday, October 18 with various workshops and tours followed robust sessions and speakers on Monday and Tuesday.  Our conference hotel is the Gideon Putnam Resort Hotel and Spa with a special room rate $149 per night single or double.

NOTE TO EMPS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
MAAM is still accepting applications for the graduate fellowship program!  The purpose of the Fellowship is to make attendance at the Annual Meeting affordable to promising graduate students and first time museum professionals (less than five years of professional experience in the field).  Each Fellow will receive:  $500 towards transportation, meals and lodging; free Annual Meeting registration; and a one year membership in MAAM.

CONFERENCE WEB SITE
Download the conference program, register online, sponsor the meeting, or get information on travel at:
http://www.midatlanticmuseums.org/annualmeeting.html

-Dana Allen-Greil
Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums

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